Whitland is a village and also a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, pushing the River Tâf. Whitland takes its name from its medieval Cistercian abbey. The abbey pre-dates Tintern and now is quite a mess up. The "white land" of the name (Latin: Albalanda) may describe the popular Ty Gwyn (English: White House) where Hywel's parliament met, to the monks' unstained woolen capes, or to the abbey's sedimentary rock. Whitland was dissolved during Henry VIII's conversion to a changed church. Much of its limestone was taken as well as used for other buildings. The amazing setting of the spoil as well as the Abbey's design can still be watched. A selecting ward of the same name exists consisting of the Henllanfallteg area with a total population of 2,272.